Early Easter!! Early Spring??

Hello everyone!  

I hope your weekend is off to a wonderful start!

I've been really busy creating projects (that I am paid to do) so haven't had much time to play some of my favorite challenges so I took the time this afternoon to do just that!

EASTER is really early this year (March 31st), and hopefully Spring is right around the corner!  With that in mind here is my creation to share with you today.

Earlier in the month, I told you about a combined digital challenge event going on using images from Shelly's Images and DigiStamp4Joy (read all about it here).  Well this is my 2nd card for that challenge using these adorable digi images and if you'd like, you can see my first card HERE. 

Two other challenges I really wanted to play along in (and kept in mind when creating this card) are the weekly challenge at Joan's Gardens and the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge.

I think I'm getting the hang of coloring with my new alcohol markers (finally purchased the last two sets ... have them ALL now ... YIPPEE!) and these two digi images were really fun to practice on with all the different colors that could be used for the eggs/basket & bunny!

Recipe for this card:

Papers:  White cs, Pink cs, Old Olive cs, Lemon Yellow cs, Doodlebug Designs 'Hello Spring' dp

Accessories:  Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Fiskars swivel craft knife. Prima flowers, Lime Green Stickles, Cheery Lynn Designs DL112 Exotic Butterflies Small, Cheery Lynn Designs DL103 Italian Flourish Doily die, PoppyStamps #825 Grassland Border die, dimensional tape

Challenges I'm entering this card into:

Joan's Garden - Make a Garden Scene

Cheery Lynn Designs - Doilies

Avadares Challenge - Easter or Spring

Brown Sugar - Easter

ClearlyiStamp - Die Cuts

Delicious Doodles - Die Cuts

Jellypark Challenge - Bunny Hop

Polkadoodle - Spring Flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - Die for Dies

C.R.A.F.T. - Easter or Spring

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and if you've taken time to leave me a comment, DOUBLE THANK YOU ... it truly makes my day to hear from you all!  

Time to go make dinner!  It's Friday night during Lent so ghee ... guess what's for dinner!  LOL!  

YEP ... Fish & French Fries ... yummm!

But before I go .... here's a friendly REMINDER ...

For those of you who recognize Daylight Savings time, remember to turn those clocks AHEAD Saturday night!  I know, we're all going to lose an hour of sleep but I'm sure we will be JUST FINE ... especially with these sunny days getting longer!  YEAH!

As always my friends . . .

"GET TOGETHER" Challenge

sponsored by Shelly's Images and DigiStamps4Joy over Paper Craft Planet ... come check it out!

 What fun images to combine and create with!  I will be having a 2nd entry early next week but wanted to share with you the one I was able to get completed today.  

Here is my card when it's closed . . .

Here's a peek at the inside . . .

And here it is wide-open.

So ... what do you think?  Yep ... there was a bit of fussy cutting on this project but SO MUCH FUN!

This project sure has given me more practice coloring with my new Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.  And as you can see in this last photo ... I printed these images before I received the 'proper' paper to use when coloring with alcohol markers.  Still learning the ropes!

My egg shape opening was created with Spellbinder's Nestled Egg dies and the patterned paper was in my Easter stash so I'm not real sure who the maker is (sorry!).

Other challenges:

Robyn's Fetish - Easter

 Live & Love Crafts' Inspiration & Challenge Blog - Easter

Natalie & Amy Challenge - Die Cuts

Oozak - Anything Goes with Spring

Visible Image - March Challenge: Spring

Avadares - Easter or Spring

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope to see you again tomorrow!

Hope you've had as nice a weekend as I have!  

As always . . .

CDAC Progressive Challenge

WOW!  How much fun am I having over at CDAC, participating in their 'NEW' Progressive Challenge.  You really MUST check this out!  All details can be found HERE on the CDAC Main Page.  (And check out this Grand Prize ... Whoo! Hoo!)

CDAC PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE 

FIRST SERIES GRAND PRIZE

Here are THREE creations I made today to showcase some of the digis offered in this Progressive Challenge and they are shown in no particular order.

Anne's Digital Art

Is this little girl cute or what!  She seems so fascinated with this butterfly!  I've used DCWV water & bubble designer paper as my background and added purple butterflies punched using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch.  Prismacolor markers were used for my coloring and the sentiment is by Serendipity Stamps.

Digistamps4joy

Next is this adorable Pastry Chef by JenLee over at Digistamps4joy.  Looks like he's a little shakey with that yummy looking cake ... sure hope he gets it to the party without an incident!  LOL!  HERE'S A LINK to their CDAC Group ... be sure to check 'em out!  My background paper is by Little Yellow Bicycle 'Cupcake Love' and came in a HUGE RAK package from my online friend Audrey (Peace, Love & Crafting) that I received today ... WOW!  Prismacolor markers for coloring, sentiment by Impression Obsession, EK Success tag punch and the little coupon sentiment was in the same paper pack.

 

Whoopsie Daisy Designs

And the last creation I have to share with you tonight is this adorable dancer from Whoopsie Daisy.  You can check out their CDAC group HERE and click on their name to go to their store.  My background paper was in my scraps (sorry don't remember who makes it) and the flowers are from JoAnn Fabrics.  Spellbinder classic & scallop ovals were used to showcase this cutie and I've used the 'out of bounds' technique.

Thanks so much for allowing me to share these creations with you tonight!  Hopefully I'll get time tomorrow to work with a couple more awesome digis offered for this FIRST ROUND in the CDAC Progressive Challenge.

Have a wonderful day/night and I'll catch you again tomorrow when I have EXCITING NEWS from Shelly's Images.  HUGS!

Darlene